In our adventure we have reached Aberdeen. My husband was born in Torry,Aberdeen. He left there after some gradeschool due to his father being a sea Captain. But his heart was in Aberdeen. And he came back to live again when he was 11. The city is called the city of Roses or The city of Granite. They have white granite and pink granite. Everything in downtown is white granite.And alot of private homes are pink granite . In the sun the granite gives a twinkle or shine to the buildings. Many of the buildings are huge with big columns with huge wide steps going up to the large doors. very old and proud. Now as we went down the wide streets in the car, my husband got tears in his eyes, and said oh my poor Aberdeen what have they done to you. I was so sad for him, The proud city is so dirty the streets littered and dirty garbage in black bags waiting outside the stores waiting for garbage day. The people were wall to wall and I saw very few Scots. With the oil riggs off shore the world is there, and very rude. The Scots are such a proud people and very kind ,so you have to understand just how devastating this really is. Well I cant really describe more of Aberdeen because all I have to do is see my husbands face while hes looking around and it says it all. We saw the stature of William Wallace and going down the hill below him the shield and 2 lions one on either side enormous and quite beautiful, made of red flowers on a yellow flower background. The parks are still beautiful with the huge gardens and the roses so big a woman could wear one as a hat, that smells delicious. On King Street is the Aberdeen & N.E. Scotland Family History Society. 164 King St, Aberdeen, AB24 5BD Tel:+44 (0) 1224 646323 Fax: +44 (0) 1224 639096 E-Mail: anesfhs@rsc.co.uk Website:http://www.rsc.co.uk/anesfhs Founded in 1978 the Society aims to help members to trace their family histories using the sources available in the Research Centre and elsewhere. The Society is a member of the Scottish Accociation of Family History Societies and is a registered charity. JOURNAL : A quarterly Journal is sent to all members. The Queries/Help section can be of great help to members who think they have reached a dead end in their research. This is a very inportant research tool for us. Any birth, marriage, and death records are at the Registors Office a different place and from 1856 on. But before that they don't have. These people were wonderful. To become a member may be your ticket to finding people way back. its 12.00pounds a year. Im sure all of the info is on their web site. They were wonderful to me. All of the parrish records in Scotland are now central in Edinbourgh, And in Aberdeen. And these people have everything. I feel between the Registor and the Society if I had time I would have gone back a long way. As it was I found 4 more generations in most of the surnames I was trying to find. I encourage you to try the web site and see what they can do for you. Remember the Registor office is also a wonderful tool. If I can help in any way let me know. Now we meet the cousins. Later Jean